Therefore re- birth is bound to happen but how & in what form ! Do we have any choice or its ordained? The answer lies with jainnism has got enough conviction.

At the time of death the way u think & what u yearn makes way for the kind of life u get. All's in your own hands. Just as u are the maker of your destiny in this life, similarly subconciously or conciously u are the decider for your souls path too; either with this body or not or any other.